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The Church of the Holy Spirit is one of the oldest churches in Lublin. It was built in the years 1419-1421 from the foundation of Lublin burghers. The church adjoined the then existing hospital for the poor, the disabled, and terminally ill. The building currently adjacent to the church from the western side, reconstructed in the XIX century, used to be a part of the hospital. ...

Before it was turned into a convent, the building in Świętoduska Street was a Renaissance fortified manor owned by the voivod Rafał Leszczyński, who intended to give it to the Lublin calvinist community. It was built in the years 1619-1622 by Jakub Balin and, after the calvinists left the city, it was bought by the Carmelite Sisters. The adaptation of the building lasted from 1630 to 1635. When the convent was completed, the construction of the temple began (1636-1640). ...

Legend has it that the first temple here was founded by Mieszko I in 986. The present church was built in the first half of the 16th c. on an escarpment towering over the Czechówka river valley. Owing to the rector of the parish, priest W. Turobojski, it was rebuilt in the Lublin Renaissance style in the first half of the 17th c. ...

Designed by Rudolf Negroni, the church and the adjacent convent building designated for St. Lazarus hospital were built in the first half of the 17th c. As a hospital church, it was located outside the city walls on the site of an old wooden chapel and hospital from the second half of the 16th c. ...

The church was built in the years 1412–1426 for the Birgittine Order as a votive offering of King Ladislaus Jagiello for the victory in the battle of Grunwald predicted by St. Birgitta. According to the tradition, the church was erected by knights of the Teutonic Order held captive after the battle. ...

The part of Krakowskie Przedmieście between Litewski Square and the Old Town is lined with historic townhouses, which were transformed in the 19th c. into tenement houses. Decorative elements of the façades have survived on some of the buildings. Heading in the direction of the Old Town you can see two interesting buildings on your left – the 15th-century Church of the Holy Spirit and the New City Hall, the seat of Lublin’s authorities built on the site of the burnt-down church and monastery of the Discalced Carmelites. ...

The magnificent Archcathedral is a must-see when visiting Lublin. It is a former Jesuit church, built in 1586-1604. The temple was built according to the design of Italian architects Jan Mario Bernardoni and Joseph Bricci, in the Baroque style. The church was modeled on the Roman Jesuit temple Il Gesu. In 1604 the church was consecrated by the Cracow bishop Bernard Maciejowski and received a call of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist. Along with the church, the Jesuits built a college which buildings once surrounded today's Cathedral Square. After a fire in 1752, the church was r ...

Historic records suggest that in the 16th c. Lithuanian noblemen resided here during the proceedings of the Sejm debating on the signing of the Polish-Lithuanian Union in 1569. This significant event is commemorated with a monument shaped like an obelisk. ...

The building of The Former Bank of Lublin Industrialists at 56 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street, currently IBB Grand Hotel Lublinianka, was erected according to the design by Gustaw Landau-Gutenteger, on the initiative of the Lublin industrialists. The building was finished in 1900, in a record time of 17 months. ...

The palace was built for Stanisław Lubomirski, the Grand Marshal of the Crown, at the turn of XVII and XVIII centuries in accordance with the design by the outstanding architect Tylman van Gameren. It was remodelled in between 1725 and 1728 under the supervision of the architect Franciszek Mayer by the order of Elżbieta Sieniawska née Lubomirska - the owner of the palace at that time. The palace was a dowry of her daughter, Zofia, and, through her marriage with August Czartoryski, it eventually became the property of the Czartoryski Family. Afterwards the building changed owners multiple ti ...